Staff Backend Software Engineer - Loki | Australia | Remote

Role overview

Design, build, and operate backend systems for a distributed log data platform offered as both an open-source project and a managed cloud service. The work centers on reliability, performance, and availability in multi-tenant systems running across cloud infrastructure. You will take projects from early design through customer use and ongoing operations, while contributing to the wider open-source ecosystem.

Responsibilities

- Build and maintain critical systems, taking responsibility for their reliability, performance, and availability. - Drive projects from requirements and initial design through release and operation. - Work with the team to ship features, assess their results, and improve them over time. - Participate in service on-call rotations and respond to operational needs. - Contribute to open-source projects and collaborate on design decisions. - Support and mentor teammates while learning the codebase and customer needs.

Requirements

- Solid software development experience in at least one language; Go is used, while experience with Python, C, C++, Rust, or similar languages can transfer. - Experience delivering projects independently from requirements gathering through release to users. - Experience developing cloud software or working in systems engineering. - Ability to write clean, robust, performant code that other engineers can maintain. - Independence and clear communication in a largely remote engineering environment.

Nice to have

- Low-level development involving databases, storage systems, or query engines. - Kubernetes experience, or familiarity with microservices and distributed systems. - Operational experience with observability tools, on-call work, SRE practices, or infrastructure as code.

Benefits and work setup

This is a remote role for candidates based in Australia. Compensation is listed at AUD 190,000–238,000, with the final amount depending on level, experience, and skills. Equity and a potential bonus are also noted. The organization describes a global remote culture, career development opportunities, in-person onboarding, and 30 days of annual leave, subject to local requirements.